arts & entertainment

The galleries, grounds, and especially the Vero Beach Museum of Art studios were filled with artists of all ages on Saturday, April 12, during the Children’s Art Festival. The free, annual celebration of the arts and art-making attracted nearly 3,600 attendees whose creative endeavors included art-making in the studios and Buck Atrium; music, theater, and dance performances in the Leonhardt Auditorium and Holmes Great Hall; art hunts throughout the Museum; docent-led tours of the galleries; and demonstrations by youth artists outside.

Multiple student art exhibitions, featuring students from the School District of Indian River County and the North County Charter Elementary, were on view. Local youth groups—the North County Charter Stingrays, Honey High and Blue, Ocean Youth Orchestra, Rosewood Magnet Panther Performers, Vero Classical School, and Music Angels Fund—presented live performances and art demonstrations, 

This year’s Children’s Art Festival is made possible by the generous support of Patron Sponsors Mrs. James L. Currie and Marilyn Watkins Estate; Program Sponsors AMAC Real Estate, CBIZ Employee Benefits, Dawn M. Morton Design, George E. Warren, Mini U Storage, Vero Chemical Distributors, Inc. and Vero Smiles Dentistry; and Business Sponsors Align Aesthetics & Wellness, Appraisal Associates International, Beth Livers LLC, Dale Sorensen Real Estate Inc., Intracoastal Hearing Center, Leigh Jewelers, Owens Custom Rugs, Select Skin MD, The Associates Studio, The Rita Curry Team, VNA of the Treasure Coast, and Walker Fitzgibbon TV & Film Production.

Museum programs are sponsored in part by the Florida Council on Arts and Culture and The Plansoen Foundation. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is a membership-based not-for-profit 501 (c) (3) organization pursuant to chapter 212, Florida Statutes.